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The mother of an autistic man that police aimed and fired at, but instead missed and struck his therapist, spoke out Saturday. (Published Saturday, July 23, 2016)

The autistic man who was the intended target of a police bullet is suffering from emotional distress, not eating and traumatized following the shooting of his caretaker.

Arnaldo Rios' mother, Gladys Soto, said during a Saturday news conference that she is worried about the safety of her son, who wandered back to the site of the Monday shooting a day later, threw himself on the ground and shouted: "I hate the police, I hate the police," The Miami Herald reported Saturday.

"It's too emotional to see your baby caught up in something like this," Soto said.

Miriam Soto said her brother is suffering from night terrors and is not sleeping or eating.

RAW: Video Shows Man With Hands Up Before Shot by Police

WARNING: Some viewers may find this video disturbing. This cellphone video shows the moments before a South Florida caregiver was shot by a North Miami Police officer as he was trying to calm an autistic patient. Charles Kinsey was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his leg. His attorney, Hilton Napoleon, said Kinsey was unarmed. Police said the officer has been placed on administrative leave, per department policy. (Published Thursday, July 21, 2016)

"He's not the same anymore," Miriam Soto said of her brother.

The four North Miami police officers who aimed rifles at Rios and his black therapist, Charles Kinsey, in the middle of an intersection were responding to a 911 call about a suicidal man with a gun. Rios sat cross-legged. He yelled. He didn't obey commands to lie down with his hands up, as Kinsey was doing, and he fidgeted with a metal object.

One of the officers, Jonathan Aledda, thought the disabled man was about to shoot Kinsey, who was trying to coax Rios back to a nearby group home, the police union has said. The officer fired three shots at Rios because he thought he was a threat, but he missed and accidentally struck Kinsey in the leg.

The metal object turned out to be a toy truck and there was no suicide threat.

Monday's shooting was the latest in a violent month of police shootings, but it also highlights the difficulties officers have in identifying people with autism. The characteristics of autism range from mild quirks or obsessions, to people who can't communicate, yell and occasionally become violent.

The family's attorney Matthew Dietz on Saturday criticized the officers' training in dealing with people with mental illness.